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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Will they be given a budget of 20%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I would like to get clarification on the figure. I do not want to misrepresent the figure, so perhaps Ms Flaherty could clarify what that was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will leave it at that because I am conscious of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank Gordon Jeyes and all of his team. It is good that we have the hearing today and it is great that we have received additional information. This is an area where there is cross-party and cross-group agreement with agencies about what the new agency should be. We are all very supportive of that. My difficulty lies in understanding its component parts and composition because I have no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I spoke recently to an aftercare worker who told me that to get one night of emergency accommodation, one had to go through five levels of management. I was trying to calculate the time, which is probably expeditionary in respect of what that one night of emergency accommodation costs. Will that reform in the new agency empower workers and make them accountable? It needs to be a...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Last December I tabled an amendment to this Bill at a time when the House was debating the Social Welfare Bill. At that time I was particularly downhearted about the role of the Seanad Members as legislators. I was all the more encouraged when the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said that he would take the amendment and look to bring it back within the Finance Bill later in the year....

Seanad: Early Intervention and Economic Benefits: Statements (6 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: As always the Minister is more than welcome to the House and we are delighted that she is here. Her statement and speech to us today are seminal. It should be circulated generally. She was very fair in trying to give us a summary of what she has said to us today and it lays a strong foundation for a new home for children. I cannot commend enough what the Minister has said. More people...

Seanad: Early Intervention and Economic Benefits: Statements (6 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Yes, absolutely.

Seanad: Early Intervention and Economic Benefits: Statements (6 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I welcome Mr. O'Brien and his team. The service plan is essentially about delivery of services. While I welcome what was said about the mental health budget and the ring-fencing of the €35 million, what reassurance can we be given that the service plan for the mental health sector will be implemented this year? Has the recruitment of staff allocated under the service plan started?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Who is reporting to the Oireachtas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: So he is reporting to the Minister. I am just trying to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Can I return to the issue of the child and family support agency? I seek clarity. In the absence of legislation, Mr. Brian Kirwan is in charge of child and family services. Does responsibility for addressing the concerns raised in the recent HIQA report lie with Mr. Kirwan and not Mr. Gordon Jeyes? I want to be clear. I am confused on this new agency. I accept it is a transition period...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank Mr. O'Brien.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (12 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I will commence where Deputy Ó Caoláin finished, namely, the innocent ways in which childhood poverty can present itself. That is something of which I have no doubt the organisations are aware, but it does reinforce the point. We have seen too many examples of it. The witnesses are all very welcome. I very much welcome the focus on outcomes and early intervention. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I thank each of the groups for attending to discuss an issue I look forward to us trying to get under a little more. While we all agree on the need for early intervention and prevention, the difficulty often concerns early acknowledgement. We do not intervene until much later in the cycle for the child. We all know there is a problem, but the question is whether the supports are available...

Seanad: Mobility Allowance: Statements (21 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I, too, thank Senator Marie Moloney for initiating this debate and the Leader for allowing time for it. However, I note the fact that no Minister or official has attended the House for the debate, which is very disappointing. I am happy that the working group on the mobility allowance will be meeting shortly. Under the chairmanship of Ms Sylda Langford, I have no doubt that it will take...

Seanad: Mobility Allowance: Statements (21 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I was referring to the current eligibility criteria.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Jillian van Turnhout: I also wish to welcome the officials from the three Departments who have attended the meeting. Deputy Conway's initiative is very welcome. I refer to Deputy Ó Caoláin's final point about the Department of Health. The delegates are not in a position to answer the question but that Department does have a direct role in dealing with the issue of child poverty. I support what...